Choral > Edison, Noel

Psalms and Motets for Reflection - Taverner, Stainer, Poulenc, Stanford, MacMillan

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: William Crotch: Psalm 47, for chorus; Johannes Eccard: Maria Wallt zum Heiligtum; James MacMillan: A New Song, for chorus & organ; Ivor Atkins: Psalm 2, for chorus; Psalm 96, for chorus; John Tavener...
Performers: Bloss, Michael
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: ; Choir of St. John's Elora

Choral elements from Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and medieval traditions are included in this anthology of anthems and motets, many drawing inspiration from the Psalms....continue...
Recording information: St. John's Church, Elora, Ontario, Canada (04/29/2011-05/01/2011)....continue...

Modern Choral Masters - Choral works by Arvo Part; Lauridsen and Whitacre / Elora Festival Singers

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Morten Lauridsen: O nata lux, for chorus; Madrigali, 6 Fire Songs on Italian Renaissance poems, for chorus; Les chansons des roses; Mid-Winter Songs (5); O magnum mysterium; Eric Whitacre: Her sacred...
Performers: Bauman, Carol; De'Ath, Leslie
Conductors: Edison, Noel

"If I were Morten Lauridsen and my work was in the artistic care of a choir like the Elora Festival Singers I would feel that...continue...

I Saw Eternity - works for a capella chorus by Corlis, Enns, Halley, Galbraith, Sirett, Buhr et al. / Elora Festival Singers

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Timothy Corlis: Missa Pax; To See the Cherry Hung With Snow, for chorus; Leonard Enns: I saw eternity, for chorus; Peter Tiefenbach: Nunc Dimittis, for chorus; Missa Brevis, for chorus; Paul Halley: ...
Performers: Bloss, Michael; De'Ath, Leslie; Marshman, John; Pierre, Stephen
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Elora Festival Singers

This recording brings together eleven leading composers whose origins in or strong associations with Canada are manifest in their central position in Canadian musical life....continue...
Recording information: Church of St. John the Evangelist, Elora, Ontario, Cana (04/07/2011-04/10/2011)....continue...

Eric Whitacre: Choral Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-06-15

Works: Eric Whitacre: Her sacred spirit soars; A boy and a girl; Water Night (version for chorus); This Marriage; Lux Aurumque; little tree, for chorus & piano; When David Heard; Leonardo dreams of his flyi...
Performers: Bauman, Carol; De'Ath, Leslie
Conductors: Edison, Noel

Eric Whitacre's dedication to the beauty of sound, paired with exquisite texts, results in a poetic combination that creates a unique sonic experience. These works...continue...
Recording information: St. John's Church, Elora, Ontario, Canada (04/18/2009-04/20/2009)....continue...

Mystic Voices

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Messe basse; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Arvo Pärt: Magnificat; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Requiem; Tomás Luis ...
Performers: Beckley, Lisa; Kertesi, Ingrid
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Kovács, László; Edison, Noel; Wildner, Johannes; Peltola, Miki; Robinson, Christopher; Kosler, Zdenek; Piquemal, Michel; Holten, Bo
Ensemble: ; Chamberlains; Oxford Camerata

Classical Meditation

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: De profundis; Berliner Messe; John Tavener: The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; The Lord's Prayer, for chorus (1999); Song for Athene; Samuel Barber: Heaven-Haven, for chorus (arr...
Performers: Barton, William; Cox, Michael; Daniel, Nicholas; Green, David [Violin]; Petrenko, Jurgen
Conductors: Edison, Noel; Robinson, Christopher; Lawrence, Douglas; Summerly, Jeremy; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Lintu, Hannu; Judd, James; Fedoseyev, Vladimir
Ensemble: ; Maggini Quartet

Morten Lauridsen: O magnum Mysterium, O nata lux, etc / Noel Edison

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-10-27

Works: Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna; Madrigali, 6 Fire Songs on Italian Renaissance poems, for chorus; Les chansons des roses; Mid-Winter Songs (5); O magnum mysterium
Performers: De'Ath, Leslie
Conductors: Edison, Noel

"If I were Morten Lauridsen and my work was in the artistic care of a choir like the Elora Festival Singers I would feel that...continue...

The Silence of Being - The Music of Arvo Pärt

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Festina lente; Fratres, for cello & piano; Summa, for string orchestra; Fratres, for wind octet & percussion; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bel...
Performers: Ambrus, Karoly; Anderson, Mark; Arato, Peter; Banhegyi, Geza; Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Domonkos, Judit Kis; Eisrich, Antal; Eros, Jozsef; Faludi, Judit; Falvay, Sandor; Fodor, Agnes; Gunn, Nat...
Conductors: Benedek, Tamás; Yuasa, Takuo; ; Edison, Noel; Alsop, Marin; Wit, Antoni; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum; Tonus Peregrinus

An elegant 6 CD package containing the complete Naxos recordings of Arvo Part including: Fratres, Tabula Rasa, Collage uber Bach, Symphony No. 3, Berliner Messe,...continue...

Requiem[s] - Mozart, Brahms, Hasse, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-10-30

Works: Eustache du Caurroy: Missa pro defunctis, for chorus; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45; Johann Adolf Hasse: Requie...
Performers: Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noel [Piano]
Conductors: Raisin-Dadre, Denis; Spering, Christoph; Dombrecht, Paul; Piquemal, Michel; Edison, Noel; Morandi, Pier G.; Cochereau, Jean-Marc
Ensemble: ; Doulce Mémoire ; Il Fondamento

A compilation disc comprising extracts from Requiems by Mozart, Faure, Dvorak, Berlioz, Verdi, Brahms, Ravel, Cherubini, Durufle, Dusapin and more. This sensational compilation is now...continue...

Willan: In the Heavenly Kingdom / Edison, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-05-16

Works: Healey Willan: In the heavenly kingdom, B 380; St. Osmund, B 449; Sun of righteousness; How They So Softly Rest, for chorus, HWC 302; Ye watchers and ye holy ones, B 403; Missa Brevis No 11, Sancti J...
Performers: Larkin, Mathew; Schnurr, Joseph
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Elora Festival Singers

"...Ontario's Elora Festival Singers and director Noel Edison should be declared national treasures by the Canadian government. The artistic care and professionalism that they commit...continue...

Hear my Prayer / Edison, Choir of St John's, Elora

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Justorum Animae, Op. 38/1; Herbert Howells: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G; Henry Purcell: O God, thou art my god, anthem for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass, double choru...
Performers: Gauvin, Karina; Larkin, Mathew
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Choir of St. John's, Elora

Choral elements from Protestant and Catholic Christian traditions are included in this anthology of popular hymns, anthems and songs of praise. From seventeenth-century England to...continue...

Arvo Pärt - A Portrait

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Arvo Pärt: Für Alina, for piano; Symphony no 1 ("Polyphonic"), Op. 9; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Passio, for tenor, bass, vocal quartet, chorus, oboe...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin; Davis, Peter R.; Eisrich, Antal; Falvay, Sandor; Hatfield, Lesley; Helmerson, Frans; Hirsch, Rebecca; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Kovacs, Miklos; Lubimov, Alexei [Piano]; Mulligan, Simon; P...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Benedek, Tamás; Pitts, Antony; Edison, Noel; Yuasa, Takuo; Cox, Neil
Ensemble: ; Choir of Lancing College; Elora Festival Orchestra; Elora Festival Singers; Strings of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (St; Tonus Peregrinus; Ulster Orchestra

This absorbing, two-CD anthology combines quality performances . . . Certainly, there is no more contextual way of getting to know the composer than this...continue...

KDFC - A Classical Christmas 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-09

Works: J. Scott Irvine: A Hannaford Christmas Flourish; Christmas Traditional: Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella ("Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle"); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Sans Day Carol; No&...
Performers: Bodnar, Nina; Burdick, Owen; Delmoni, Arturo [Violin]; Fenstermaker, John; Howard, Leslie; Lipkina, Natasha; Nishizaki, Takako; Rosen, Nathaniel; Shapiro, Marc [Piano]
Conductors: ; George, Vance; Bartle, Jean Ashworth; Krcek, Jaroslav; Lenárd, Ondrej; Antal, Mátyás; Breiner, Peter; Baker, Martin; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Edison, Noel; Burdick, Owen
Ensemble: ; Aureole Trio; Baltimore Consort; Capella Istropolitana; Elora Festival Singers; Hannaford Street Silver Band; Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; San Francisco S...

Pärt: Berliner Messe, Magnificat, Summa, etc / Edison, et al

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2004-10-19

Works: Arvo Pärt: Cantate Domino; Berliner Messe, for SATB chorus & string orchestra; De profundis; Summa, for SATB chorus or soloists; The Beatitudes, for chorus & organ; Magnificat
Performers: Petrenko, Jurgen
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Elora Festival Orchestra; Elora Festival Singers

Pärt: Berliner Messe, Magnificat, Summa, etc / Edison, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-10-19

Works: Arvo Pärt: Cantate Domino; Berliner Messe, for SATB chorus & string orchestra; De profundis; Summa, for SATB chorus or soloists; The Beatitudes, for chorus & organ; Magnificat
Performers: Petrenko, Jurgen
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Elora Festival Orchestra; Elora Festival Singers

"Honest and beautiful" - Barry Witherden, Gramophone...continue...

Faire Is The Heaven - Hymns and Anthems / Choir of St. John

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-06-01

Works: Gordon Slater: Jesu, The Very Thought of Thee; Healey Willan: Gloria Deo per Immensa Saecula, for 5-part chorus, HWC 593; I Beheld Her, Beautiful as a Dove, motet for chorus, HWC 312; Fair in Face, m...
Performers: Crisp, Stephen; Halley, Paul [Organ/Singer]; Harris, William; Howells, Herbert; Ireland, John [British Composer]; Monk, William Henry; Slater, Gordon; Willan, Healey
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora

The publication of 'Hymns Ancient and Modern' in 1861 was instrumental in bringing about many changes in Anglican cathedral music, including the adoption of the...continue...
Personnel: Paul Halley (organ)....continue...

Berlioz: Requiem / Noel Edison, Michael Schade, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-06-18

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Schade, Michael
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Elora Festival Orchestra

When Hector Berlioz unleashes eight pairs of timpani, four brass groups, and an enormous chorus and orchestra, the picture of the Last Judgement Day is...continue...